by CoastView | Mar 26, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, Parks
Cascade Glacier starts from the western slope of Peak 7788 (2,374 m) in the Fairweather Range and flows west for 2.6 miles (4 km) to the head of Lituya Bay in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat and 67 miles (108 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 25, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, California, Developments, Natural History, Parks
Cowell Beach is at the southern end of Half Moon Bay and the northern boundary of the Cowell Ranch, one of several historical landholdings of industrialist Henry Cowell, about 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of the community of...
by CoastView | Mar 24, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Developments, Historical, Islands
Vindicator is a historical beach placer mine on the western shore of Popof Island between Sand Point and Red Cove, about 260 miles (419 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Perryville, Alaska. Popof Island is about 9 miles (14.5 km) long...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Historical, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Tukrok River flows for 7 miles (11 km) from Krusenstern Lagoon to Kotzebue Sound in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 166 miles (268 km) northeast of Wales and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The IƱupiat name means “inlet entrance”...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, Headlands, Parks, Washington
Portage Head is a prominent headland south of Cape Flattery on the Olympic Peninsula that separates Makah Bay Beach from Shi Shi Beach, about 58 miles (94 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The headland is on the...